Window scaffold or shelf.



. J. BROWN.

WINDOW SCAFFOLD 0R SHELF. APPLICATION FILED Nov.e,1912.

Patented Aug. 12, 1913.,

Fred Jarama fr E L FRED J. BROWN, OF SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.

WINDOVJ SCAFFOLD OR SHELF.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 12,1913.

Application filed November 6, 1912. Serial No. 729,786.

To 4all 'whom t may concern Be it known that I, FRED vd'. BROWN, a citizen of the United States of America, residingat Savannah, in the county of Chatham and State of Georgia, have invented certain newand useful lImprovements in 1Window Scadolds or Shelves, of which the following is specification.

This inventionrelates to a window scaffold or shelf, and its object is to provide a device adapte'dto b'e quickly and easily secured to a window sill, and when so secured in position, to support a mattress or other large and bulky object thereon for the purpose of sunning the same.

It is a further object of the inventio-n to provide a device of this character made in detachable, separable and collapsible sections, so that the parts may be readily separated and some of them folded when it. is desired to store them away.

Further objects and advantages of the invention will lbe set forth in the detailed description which now follows.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of a window scaffold constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view thereof, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of some of the supporting elements, and, Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view.

Like numerals designate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawing.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 5 designates a window sill. Hooks 6 are provided with shanks 7, said shanks passing freely through plates 8 and having nuts 9 threaded thereon. The plates 8 carry felt pads or feet 10 to prevent marring of the window sill. Rigidly secured to shanks 7 are plates 11 having felt or rubber feet 12. Guide rods 13 are carried by plates 8 and slide through plates 11. It is apparent that if the device be placed in the position illustrated in Fig. 4, and the nut 9 be turned to tighten the same, the elements described will be securely bound to the window sill. Brackets comprising wall members 14, brace members 15 and pintle members 16 have hinged mountings in eyelets 17 upon the underside of bars 18. These bars 18 have eyelets 19 at their inner ends adapted to engage over the hooks 6, and these bars 18 form the outer end bars of sections 19 and 2O that are slidably mounted with relation to each other through the medium of the pins and slots 21 and 22. Sections 23 and 24 are hingedly connected at 25 and 26 to the sections 19 and 20 respectively, and the sections 23 and 24 in turn have sections 27 and 28 hingedly connected thereto at 29 and 30; Stop pins 31 limit the opening movement of these sections. rlhe sections have their otherwise open bottoms covered with netting or lacing 32 which renders the structure a comparatively light one. In addition to the supporting brackets formed by the members 14 and 15 and which brackets are transverse brackets, l provide longitudinal brackets, best illustrated in Fig. 3. One of these brackets is substantially of V-shape, and comprises legs 33 and 34 having pintle 1ne1nbers35 and 36 engaging in eyelets 37 and 38 formed upon the underside of the end bars 24 of sections 24. This structure is, duplicated with relation to the end bars of section 23, as is indicated in Fig. 3.

Bracket 34 is cut out at 34 to form a foot adapted to engage over a cross bar 39 which extends between and is carried by the members 14 and 15 of the corresponding transverse brackets, and additional longitudinal brackets are formed by bars 40 which are hinged at 41 to the underface of the end bar 42 of section 19', and these brackets have rounded heads 43 which enter recesses 44 formed in the members 15 of the transverse brackets. 1t will, therefore, be seen that the main supporting elements are transverse brackets formed by the members 14 and 15; that these transverse brackets are supported from the hooks 6; that the members 14 rest directly against the outer face of the wall beneath the window sill; that the mattress supporting structure is formed of a plurality of skeleton sections hingedly connected together in such manner as to fold upon one another and supported by the transverse brackets and by the additional longitudinal brackets hereinbefore described. By making the two middle sections slidab'le with relation to each other, the transverse brackets may be adjusted toward or from each other so as to gage the device to the width of a window. /Vhen this device is folded, it weighs comparatively little and occupies but a comparatively small space. Not only may the sections 19, 20, 23, 24, 27 and 28 be folded, but the brackets may also be folded swinging from their various hinged mountings, as will be readily understood.

It is a Well known fact that the transmission of contagious diseases of Various kinds is likely to be brought about by the occupation of public beds, such as those in hotels and like places, by many different persons. The difficulty attending the proper airing and sunning of mattresses in large cities is so great that in many cases such sunning is totally neglected, and these beds become breeding places for the transmission of diseases of various sorts. It is, therefore, a particular object of the present invention to provide a structure that may be readily stored away, one that will occupy a comparatively small space, and one that may be readily supported outside of a window for the purpose of sunning mattresses, as set forth.

lVhile the elements shown and described are well adapted to serve the purposes for which they are intended, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise construction set forth, but includes within its purview, such changes as may be made Within the scope ofthe appended claims.

Having described my invention, What I claim is 1. In a device of the character described, the combination with a supporting` framework comprising a plurality of hingedly related sections adapted to fold one upon another, a pair of said sections slidably related to each other by means of a pintle and slot in the respective sides thereof, a transverse bracket hingedly related to each of the sli'dable sections, and a plurality of longitudinally extending brackets hingedly related to other of said sections and supported by said transverse brackets.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination with a mattress suppo-rting frame comprising a plurality of foldable sections, of means for slidably mounting a pair of said sections with relation to each other, a transverse bracket secured to each of said slidably mounted sections, means for supporting said transverse brackets from a window sill, a plurality of longitudinally extending brackets hingedly connected to other of said sections, and means for supporting said longitudinally extending brackets from the transverse brackets.

ln testimony whereof l my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRED J. BROi/VN.

l/Vitnesses:

EDWARD RANKIN, S. T. JORDAN.

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